Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upholden

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-hold-en
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of uphold

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees."
"For these wretches would be necessitated then to betake themselves to some honest livelihood, if they were not fed and upholden, by these."

Etymology

up- + holden

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does upholden mean?: past participle of uphold
Where does upholden come from?: up- + holden

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